[Aim of the study: The author aims to examine the opinions of healthcare vocational school students participating in the survey, with regard to further education and working abroad. The study also examines how attractive nursing training is to the students, and whether the student scholarship program has any effect on their choice of major. She attempts to assess the extent to which the place of nursing in the employment hierarchy, and the dimension of prestige, influence the value that society places on nursing. Methodology and sample: The descriptive, prospective research was conducted by means of a questionnaire-based survey of 12-year students prior to taking their general secondary school examinations (n=106), and year 14-15 students in vocational training (n=137), at Ferenczi Sándor Healthcare Vocational School, Miskolc. The data was collated using the SPSS program, and the processing of the results thus obtained took place using statistical mathematical (frequency, correlative coefficient) techniques. Results: Some 58% of the students about to sit their general secondary school examinations would enrol for nurse training at the school if they received a monthly scholarship grant. A total of 83% of the students in vocational training would like to find work that matches their acquired qualification, 63% would like to remain in education, while 35% would like to start work immediately after sitting the examination. More than 80% of the students are attracted by the opportunity to work abroad. In their opinion the social perception of nursing is lower than that of the other occupations. Conclusions: Due to the low prestige of the nursing profession and the low pay, students are not inclined to choose nurse training; however, the system of scholarship grants, as a motivational force, serves as a positive incentive to continue studying. The lack of financial rewards, however, prompts many of them consider migration.]

[Mátyás Papp died on 4th of April, 2019, at the age of 92, following a long disease. He was working for nearly 60 years in the Department of Neurology, Semmelweis University. He was known about his works on the inclusion bodies in multiple system atrophy (Papp-Lantos bodies). He was a honorary member of the International Society of Neuropathology. ]